The Right of the Line
The Right of the Line

Author: John Terraine

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2010-04-06

Total Pages: 861

ISBN-13: 1473817668

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Traditionally, the right of the line is the vanguard, the place of honour and greatest danger in battle. In this history of the Royal Air Force during the European War of 1939-45, John Terraine shows how the RAF, which in 1939 was small and inadequate for the task it was called upon to perform had, by the end of the war, taken up its proper position. He describes the build-up to war, the early tests in France and at Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the strategic air offensive over Germany and eventual victory in Europe.His best book yet The TimesJohn Terraine is a fine historian but he also believes that history should be exciting and readable The Listener

The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War

Author: Frederick Downs Jr.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2007-02-17

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0393076067

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“The best damned book from the point of view of the infantrymen who fought there.”—Army Times Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.